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If fear of the NYT is the beginning of wisdom, then you are asking nothing questions that will get no answers. And they say that Stephen Hawkins is sure that you do not exist. Soon the guy that staked out the Palin's house to write another hit piece has rented the house next door to yours, to prove that you like Palin, are nothing. But you have won our hearts and minds.

I apologize for getting off point, but Islamophobia simply does not exist in America to any significant extent, no matter how much liberals want us to believe it does. And if you doubt me just ask these guys.

"Outside groups supporting Republican candidates in House and Senate races across the country have been swamping their Democratic-leaning counterparts on television since early August as the midterm election season has begun heating up. "

Althouse is very wrong and doesn't understand how modern elections work.

Has he snarked it up the whole time? He had plenty of help for this column, too -- the WSJ provided this list of snarkelopes:

As long as I can remember, and with the previous caller, that means well before Murdoch bought the paper.

My guess is that most of those names are the people who send the stuff in, and maybe one or two do the selecting and editing, and he gives the final approval.

I can remember when they were first going online, and I would get it by email every day. That has been awhile.

I think that he has almost got some memes going. To this day, six years after he really got going with this, Taranto still makes sure to mention that John Kerry served in Vietnam, whenever he mentions the Senator in one of his columns. Still, and that is part of the joke.

He has pet lines for a lot of public figures, such as Helen Thomas being the MSM's crazy old aunt in the attic, or some such. Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy (and Mary Jo) are/were also well represented.

I don't think though that it is really snark, or at least not all of it. Yes, Taranto pokes fun at politicians and liberals. And the MSM/news. But it is aimed mostly at being dry humor. It just happens that liberals, and liberal politicians in particular, are the typical brunt of his barbs.

Well, Alpha, I live in Nevada, and you haven't been able to turn on your TV for months without seeing Harry Reid ads at every commercial break. It was so bad that he was even running one on Instapundit.

And how is he able to keep a point or so ahead of his opponent, after being declared dead months ago? By having some $25 million in a campaign chest that he spends burying her.

I don't remember you being upset last election cycle when the Democrats buried the Republicans in contributions. Now, all of a sudden, it is an issue. Who would have thought?

Of course money is pouring in to Republicans. There are a lot of very motivated people right now on the right. And center. Very motivated, and they are determined to take at least the House away from the Democrats in order to stop their madness. Ever hear of the Tea Party movement? Or isn't that covered in the media that you follow?

I had to go back three times to see what you were talking about. Lady Gaga!

The top article sounded awfully familiar, too.

Obama can't be clear about "good Muslims" because he refuses to be clear about "bad Muslims." I think Taranto was right on, right up to the point where he stated as fact that Obama has moral authority with Muslims (that he hasn't used.) Until we see any evidence of it, the moral authority Obama has with Muslims is a *theory*.